152 The Pleasure, ^r > [Mar. 



round the plants;, after which, water the pots to fettle 

 the earth. 



TJie fx-elh earth will be of great fervice t6 the plants, it 

 vi'ill flrengthen them, and caufe them to fhoot i^rong, and 

 produce large and handfome flowers. 



This is now the time to fow carnation feed. See the 

 work oi Sonjoing perennial plants J in the next page. 



Protesting curious Flo'vjers, 



Now proteft the more durious kinds of tulips, hya- 

 cinths, ranunculufes, and anemones, inbeds, from cold rains 

 and frofls, which frequently happen in this month. Their 

 flower-buds are now advancing apace ; therefore, if you 

 deiire to have large and beautiful flowers, it will be of 

 much advantage to bellow the care of covering them in 

 bad weather, and they will blow in their true perfedlion. 

 Let the hoop-arches be continued over the beds, as men- 

 tioned iif the former month, and every night, and at all 

 times when the weather is frofty, and in exceifive cold 

 rains, &:c. fr.arp cutting winds, and very cold nights, let 

 the mats be drawn over the hoops. 



In mild days let them be conllantly uncovered, that 

 they may enjoy the free air; and moderate fhowers of 

 rain will do them no harm, but will be ferviceable. 



U the hoops which are fixed acrofs the beds, are low 

 and too near the fiowers, when advanced in growth, they 

 ihould be removed, and taller hoops Ihould be fixed acrofs 

 in their places. 



Hyacinths, 



Hyacinths will now begin to advance apace, if the 

 flower-ftems are tall, and the fpike of flowers large and 

 heavy ; you Ihould therefore prepare fome flicks to fup- 

 pcrt their fiower-ftems, for the large double flowers being 

 heavy, the ftalk alone is not able to bear them up. Let 

 a fmall neat flick be fixed in the ground near every plant, 

 and let their flower-ftalks be brought clofe, and fattened 

 thereto neatly with fome foft tying. 



Planting Ranunculujand Ane moms. 

 Plant, if required, fome ranunculufes and anemones ; 

 they will blow and make a fine appearance in May and<^ 

 June, after the early planted ones are gone. In dry wea- 

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